dorit cypis

Dorit Cypis has explored themes of history, identity and social relations as an artist, educator, mediator and social activator since the 1980s. Moving fluidly between the studio and the street, Cypis’ tools include performance, photography, immersive media installation presented in diverse art and cultural contexts nationally and internationally; mediation and dialogue facilitation; civic community programs building capacity for generative relations; publication on identity and social relations and curriculum development. Dorit developed PeoplesLab as a platform for building capacity to transform our conflicts into possibility. Dorit is a founding member of Mediators Beyond Borders International, founded Kulture Klub Collaborative (a network of artists and home-less youth to bridge survival and inspiration), and was an early director of Foundation for Art Resources. She holds an MFA at the California Institute for the Arts and a Masters in Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine University. She was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship and Rauschenberg Foundation Residency, 2014. Cypis was born in Israel and raised in Montreal, Canada. At the core of her work is a guiding question, “who are we to each other?" peopleslab.us